re: Will Petrino ever coach in the SEC again ?

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Different deal. Pearl is at least a media genius. He knows how to play the hearts and minds game. people want to like him.

Petrino is a good coach but a DICK. He brings negativity wherever he goes.

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This. Both are slimeballs, but Pearl is at the very least a likeable one who has a personality and knows how to use the media. Petrino is simply an a-hole whom almost all people genuinely dislike and distrust.

Plus, and this is most important, Pearl's baggage isn't as mountainous as Petrino's. Petrino's left three jobs on very public and very nasty terms, and left his last one after a year, which goes against the "disingenuous drifting job hopper" label he battles constantly on the recruiting trail. It's tough enough to recruit when parents think you're a tPOS in your personal life, but it's nearly impossible when you throw in the fact that they can be relatively certain you won't be there for the duration of your kid's college career. Just look at his recruiting at Louisville to see what he's up against -- Strong had them in good position and then they started hemorrhaging star recruits after Petrino was hired and finished with the 44th ranked class.

Louisville's a decent program, so unless he'd be willing to take a step down to the likes of MSU, Vandy or Kentucky if those jobs opened up (which I doubt), I don't see a higher level program hiring him. If Auburn didn't hire him when they were in dire straits after firing Chizik, I don't see them ever taking a chance on him. Places like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, LSU, and Alabama aren't in the position where they have to roll the dice with guys like him.